UTICA-ROME -- Dick Bartley will be ending his long run as host of syndicated fare including "American Gold" and "Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits" as of the end of March 2009. The latter of the two programs airs locally on Oldiez 96 (WODZ).
News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
UTICA-ROME -- Dick Bartley will be ending his long run as host of syndicated fare including "American Gold" and "Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits" as of the end of March 2009. The latter of the two programs airs locally on Oldiez 96 (WODZ).
UTICA-ROME -- This was the final week on-air for afternoon jock Paulie "the Small Guy" Szmal at WOUR. And his departure means longtime night jock "Genesee Joe" gets to hit the airwaves four hours earlier.
UTICA-ROME -- This one slid under our radar earlier this month: a familiar set of call letters is back on the air, though with a new frequency and a new location. WRUN-FM is simulcasting Northeast Public Radio programming on 90.3 from Remsen.
UTICA-ROME -- A little less than a month after parting ways with Sammy Schreier, Galaxy Communications is looking for a new morning show host at Hot AC-formatted Mix 102.5 (WUMX).
NEW YORK CITY - There are more names being tossed around as potential options for stations all over the country -- including 2 in CNYRadio.com territory -- that are in the process of finding replacements for the soon-to-be-departing-radio Bill O'Reilly.
Less than two weeks after Bill O'Reilly announced his plans to leave radio "sometime" in the first quarter of 2009, Fox News Radio is hoping his affiliates will sign up with another Fox News personality, John Gibson.
SYRACUSE - Classic FM (WCNY-FM/WUNY/WJNY) is making some programming changes that may leave jazz fans unhappy, as it moves to increase the emphasis on classical music. Hosts Leo Rayhill and Dick Carr are directly impacted by the changes.
Yesterday's announced budget cuts at NPR will result in "Day to Day" being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and "News and Notes" disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
(UPDATED 1:15PM) NEW YORK CITY - Bill O'Reilly says he's too busy to continue hosting "The Radio Factor," despite being one of the most successful shows on the air right now. That opens a 2-hour scheduling gap at hundreds of stations nationwide, including two in our area.
The Albany-based owner of WRUN/Utica has received permission from the FCC to make some major changes at the station's transmitter site in Oriskany.